Monday, December 14, 2009

lots of changes

When I look at this blog, I am amazed at how much can change in one year. I am getting married....on April 17, 2010....to a woman who is a gift that shares my heart for Haiti. Here's how we met...

In early July (2009), Josh, Clay and I went to eat supper at Applebees. We don't usually go to Applebees to eat, but it was a good decision on this particular day. After being seated, I was relieved to find out that we had a good-looking waitress...I hate getting the chubby, friendly guys. While eating, I mentioned several times that our waitress was cute....hot.....smokin' hot.....you know. To top it off, her name was Vanessa....sexy name.

We enjoyed the meal. We laughed....we enjoyed the food....we paid our bill. Clay worked at Applebees sometime ago, so he casually told me that this Vanessa girl was pretty cool. Though in time, he must have been annoyed with my frequent comments about our hot waitress (ugg, newlyweds are so monogamous...lol), so he said, "Why don't you just ask for her number, Mark?" My exact response was, "Nah, what's the point? What's the odds of a girl like that wanting to move to Haiti?"

Clay thinks for a moment. Then Clay remembers something that may have changed the course of history....ok, at least my history. Clay says, "Wait a minute. She's been to Haiti. I gave her money to go to Haiti. You guys need to talk." Eventually, Vanessa came back to offer our lingering table some more drinks. Clay told her that I have been to Haiti and that we should talk about it. I asked Vanessa some general questions about Haiti and within a minute she told me that she wants to move to Haiti to start a girls orphanage. Pure craziness. At this point, Josh and Clay started to laugh. The connection was too perfect. So...I figured Vanessa needed my Creole language learning program, so that was my door to get her phone number :). And she gave it to me.

That was in early July. The past months have been some of the best days of my life. She is a smokin' hot girl that loves the Lord....pretty dynamic combo.

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